Audrey. 9 Months Big.
Mommy and me matching leggings, so cute!
Puppy love. Times two!
Jackson. 1 Year Big.
Oh my goodness, that look.
Wild ONE.
You are such a ham, Jackson. Can’t wait to watch you grow so big. XO!
Here are a few fun facts about this fun little guy…
What is your favorite memory during your child’s first year of life?
One word to describe your baby is… HappyWhat is your child’s favorites…
Animal: Dogs!
Food: Oranges
Toy: Anything that makes noise and his walker
Song or Book: Touch and feel or lift the flap books
Alex. 1 Year Big.
Session fave!
Baby Pilot!
Not every minute of every session is giggles and fun. We all have our moments, amiright? Das right, little man. Cry it out! Maybe you like Pepsi better.
Here are a few fun facts about Alex…
Perhaps it is because it’s fresh in my mind, just this week Alex took his first steps and was so proud of himself.
Do you have a funny story or something that happened in his first year that you’d like to share?
It wasn’t funny at the time, to me (my wife thought it was hilarious) but at about 5 months old, I was holding him, with his face close to mine…he looked at me and smiled really big….just as I opened my mouth to say something, he projectile vomited into my mouth.
What age/month has been your favorite and why?
One word to describe your baby is…
Strong willed
What is your child’s favorites…
Animal: dogs
Food: green beans
Toy: walk behind Dusty Crophopper airplane
Song or Book: The Night Night book
Awesome as always…Crystal Jo is always so great with us and Alex, is able to get great shots even when the young star of the shoot is less than thrilled with having his picture taken.
Grundey Family.
Here are a few fun facts about this family…
Tell us a little about your family dynamic. How you met your husband, how long you’ve been married, names and ages
of the children.
Nick and I met during our senior year at Ohio State. We were both taking Theater to meet a general curriculum requirement. If it wasn’t for him, I would have failed!! We’ve been married for 12 years and have lived all around the US. We have 4 kids, Lauren-6, Harper-2 1/2, and 4 month old twin boys, William and Graham and our dog Jack.
Do you have any hidden talents or something unique to you?
Nick-makes excellent milkshakes
Danielle-eating those excellent milkshakes?? Lol
Lauren-coloring
Harper-singing songs she composes
If you could be any person for one day, who would it be?
Nick-Urban Meyer
Danielle-Ellen DeGeneres- she’s so funny!
Lauren-a cheetah
Harper-a dog
What’s one thing you want to learn to do?
Nick-golf really well
Danielle-learn how to sew
Lauren-ride bike with no training wheels
Harper-run races ??
If you had a $100 bill in your back pocket to spend on whatever you’d like, you’d buy…
Nick-a video game
Danielle-a long massage
Lauren-legos
Harper-legos
Describe the perfect weekend.
Nick & Danielle-go camping and hiking in Washington state
Lauren-go to the beach or build legos
Harper-go to the beach
Are you more like your mom or your dad? (parents even answer this one!)
We all decided we are more like our dads
What did your family like best about your experience with Crystal Jo?
It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed watching Lauren and Harper pose for the camera!!
Ardit Fam.
I’ve known these two lovebirds when they were just two. Now they are three. Meet Camryn.
CUTE family alert!
Daddy and his boys. LOVE THIS!
DAB!
Thank you for braving the temps, guys. It was a freezing morning!
Here are a few fun facts about this family…
Tell us a little about your family dynamic. How you met your husband, how long you’ve been married, names and ages of the children.
David and I met working at Drustar Pharmacy together in 1975 (or was it 74?) We got married in August of 1977 – 39 years! Our children are Tara (32) and Brent (37).
Do you have any hidden talents or something unique to you? No hidden talents, but I do love to bake! If you could be any person for one day, who would it be?
Patti – That’s a tough one! No one in particular but someone very rich so for that one day I could go crazy buying stuff!
David – I can roll my tongue and – Einstein…so I could understand the space-time continuum
Landon – I can do a round off
Cole – I can arm wrestle and win sometimes
What’s one thing you want to learn to do?
Patti- I would love to learn to make fancy wedding cakes.
David- I’d like to learn how to be a successful day trader
Landon – my friend, Slayder because he can catch a football and I can’t.
Cole – my friend Skyler because he is tall and he can catch and make touchdowns.
They both said learn to drive a car
If you had a $100 bill in your back pocket to spend on whatever you’d like, you’d buy…
Patti – Probably shoes, or something for the grand kids.
David – If I had $100 in my back pocket I’d buy more shoes for Patti….ahhhh
Landon – buy LeBron shoes
Cole – buy candy
Describe the perfect weekend.
Patti – Planning nothing, but things just fall into place and it turns into a great weekend. It could be a movie, lunch, or just shopping, spending time with family or whatever!
David – My perfect weekend is a shopping spree at Easton with my lovely wife and then a movie….ahhhh again
Are you more like your mom or your dad? (parents even answer this one!)
Patti – I look like my dad, but personality-wise I’m a combo of the two.
David – More like my mother
Landon – like Dad because he likes to do stuff and he is funny and he was small when he was younger.
Cole – I am like Mom because I yell at Landon
Liam. 1 Year Big.
Session fave on the left!
Oh my goodness, the way Aubrey is cuddled with Daddy here! Swoon!
Typical of us girls. AMIRIGHT?!
It all started with these two..
He’s a fast little man!
Here are a few fun facts about Liam….
What is your favorite memory during your child’s first year of life?
Oh there are soooo many wonderful memories of Liam’s first year! Watching your child learn, change and grow within that year is amazing. His sweet smiles and huge personality definitely melts our hearts! Also, the way he watches his big sister and already looks up to her is so special! They have such a loving, sweet bond. One unique cute thing we will always remember about Liam is his funny sweet silly faces he loves doing, it makes us all laugh every time.
Do you have a funny story or something that happened in her first year that you’d like to share?
Well with kids there is never a dull moment, and there are always funny stories to share! One story in particular that comes to mind is one afternoon when Liam was a few months old I happened to being changing his poopy diaper, and his big sister, who had just turned 2, was “helping me.” I got up to throw the diaper away but didn’t get the dirty wipe picked up yet, and as I was turning back around, his big sister had taken the dirty wipe, which was used on his bottom to now wipe it on his face. Poor little guy……
What age/month has been your favorite and why?
Now is actually such a fun time. His personality is shining through more than ever. He is so playful, interactive and so full of giggles. He gives the sweetest open mouth slobbery kisses, which is definitely a favorite of mine:) He couldn’t be any sweeter, we all just love him to pieces:)
One word to describe your baby is… Lovable
What is your child’s favorites…
Animal: Dog
Food: Loves to eat, he is a good eater. Definitely loves berries though
Toy: ball, trucks and trains
Song or Book: Peek -a -who
How was your experience with Crystal Jo?
Our experience was amazing as always. Always a pleasure working with Crystal, lots of fun and wonderful memories are always made:).
Meghin. Senior
Meghin, you are GORGEOUS, girl! SO STUNNING!
I love the fall colors here..
Here are a few fun facts about this awesome young lady…
Give me one sentence that tells us who you are and what you are all about. Have fun with it!
My name is Meghin Reinitz and my whole life I have loved to play sports, especially basketball!
List 3 songs on your musical playlist…
1. Into You
2. Wildest Dream
3. Teenage Dream
What do you do in your free time? (School and non-school related activities)
My favorite thing to do in my free time is binge watch all over my favorite Netflix shows, such as The Office and Friends.
What is your favorite memory from High School?
My favorite memory from high school is playing basketball!
What are your plans for post graduation?
After graduation, I hope to go to college at Loyola University in Chicago.
What do you wanna be when you “grow up”?
I am still in the process of figuring out what I want to do for the rest of my life!
How was your experience with Crystal Jo? And if you have a favorite memory/thing with Crystal Jo Foto, please share.
Crystal Jo did an amazing job taking my pictures and did a really good job of making it fun! I also thought that Jeffery Mansion was the perfect place to take my pictures.
Bryn. Senior
And she has THE BEST FAMILY EVER! Always so cheerful. Always so supportive. Trust me, I know this because my cousin married one of these Hagerdorns. THEY GOOD PEEPS!
Stunning, Bryn! Just stunning!
Here are a few fun facts about this senior…
List 3 songs on your musical playlist…
What do you do in your free time? (school and non-school related activities)
What is your favorite memory from High School?
What are you plans for post graduation?
What do you wanna be when you “grow up”?
How was your experience with Crystal Jo? And if you have a favorite memory/thing with Crystal Jo Foto, please share.
Rachel and Clint. Maternity
I love Rachel playing with her hair here..
I’m guessing it’s a girl. Nobody knows. I’m just guessing with all of these PINK flowers. 🙂
Sigh. Session fave…
Adore you guys! XO!
A few fun facts about these soon-to-be parents..
How did you find out you were expecting?
We had a hunch while on a mini trip to Boston. But waited until we were back in town to confirm. I woke Clint up around 4am one morning with the exciting news!
What’s your favorite thing about being pregnant? Least favorite?
Favorite – pregnancy jeans!
Least – the beating my hips take at night from sleeping on my side!
Did you find out your baby’s gender?
We are not finding out the gender. Initially Clint wanted to know, but quickly realized I would drive him crazy if he knew and I didn’t! It’s a lot of fun having everyone guess.
Is there a nursery or shower theme you’d like to share?
We are going pretty simple. The nursery is gray and will have a few baby animal prints from The Animal Print Shop.
A baby is coming! What are you looking forward to the most?
Finding out what kind of parents we will be. Watching Clint with his nieces and nephews makes me super excited to see him as a dad.
How did you find Crystal Jo?
Crystal Jo was our wedding photographer last year and we loved her!! (yes we didn’t waste anytime getting pregnant!)
The Menchen Fam.
I HAD to post this one. It was like 50 degrees out and these babes were FREEZING. They sure were troopers but this photo is just too funny not to post.
Session fave!
Here are a few fun facts about this amazing family…
Tell us a little about your family dynamic. How you met your husband, how long you’ve been married, names and ages of the children.
Rik and I have been together 13 years and married for 7 (on Halloween). We starting dating our Sophomore year at Otterbein College. We have 2 beautiful girls: Samantha (3) and Abigail (1.5), who keep us busy!
Do you have any hidden talents or something unique to you?
Kristen: I had a hard time with this one, I guess I don’t have any hidden/unique talents!
Rik: I swing a baseball bat left-handed but golf right-handed.
If you could be any person for one day, who would it be?
Kristen: Samantha! I would love the see the world through her eyes.
Rik: Me! I have a beautiful wife and perfect children. (Kristen: he must want something!!)
What’s one thing you want to learn to do?
Kristen: take pictures (photography)!
Rik: fly a plane!
If you had a $100 bill in your back pocket to spend on whatever you’d like, you’d buy…
Kristen: sushi and wine!
Rik: Bengals tickets
Describe the perfect weekend.
Kristen: a weekend spent with Rik and the girls, playing outside, followed by 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep 🙂
Rik: a weekend with lots of sleep!
Are you more like your mom or your dad?
Kristen: My mom
Rik: My dad
Samantha: My dad
Abigail: My mom
What did your family like best about your experience with Crystal Jo?
Everything! She always knows how to make us smile…even when the girls aren’t cooperating!